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04-15-2012, 06:47 AM

#51

baskets4daze

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Join Date: Jan 2011

Location: Tennessee

Posts: 120

Absolutely gorgeous quilt. Love your color choices.

04-15-2012, 07:07 AM

#52

Pam S

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Join Date: Apr 2008

Location: Northern KY

Posts: 1,928

Lovely quilt. A good LAer could really do a lot with it. We'd love to see it when it's quilted.

04-15-2012, 07:22 AM

#53

wendiq

Super Member

Join Date: May 2009

Location: No. California

Posts: 2,130

I make a lot of smaller quilts. Once I looked into a machine to quilt, but wanted a long arm.....after finding out it would probably cost a minimum of $35,000 (that's with the table) I decided I could send out a whole lot of quilts to the local longarmer......I know I couldn't do it myself on my Janome 6600.....A King is a lot of quilt to wrestle around......

04-15-2012, 07:59 AM

#54

PS Stitcher

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Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: Western PA

Posts: 1,459

You did a fantastic job!! Way to go!!

04-15-2012, 08:30 AM

#55

jaciqltznok

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2009

Location: Enid, OK

Posts: 8,273

well, it came out just lovely....can't wait to see it quilted

04-15-2012, 11:06 AM

#56

nannyrick

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Join Date: Jun 2011

Location: Western New York

Posts: 5,834

That is absoloutely stunning. You did wonderful work.

04-15-2012, 12:45 PM

#57

Lucy90

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Join Date: Jan 2010

Location: Minnesota

Posts: 1,918

You did a beautiful job on the quilt. I am making the same quilt but doing it as a block of the month. I just finished the 7th block so I have 5 more months then I can put it together. I just love it as it is the blue/gray as someone else stated not the browns/tan/reds. I have made a couple other Civil War quilts and love them. I'm getting the kit to make it a king size. I just love the fabrics. Hope my quilt looks as good as yours.

04-15-2012, 01:24 PM

#58

callen

Super Member

Join Date: Oct 2011

Location: Timmins, Ont. Canada

Posts: 4,683

Lovely quilt. Love it.

04-15-2012, 01:27 PM

#59

jojosnana

Super Member

Join Date: Oct 2010

Location: Farmington Hills, Michigan

Posts: 5,626

Take a bow. I am clapping for you.

04-15-2012, 05:54 PM

#60

quiltgramm

Member

Join Date: Mar 2011

Posts: 19

I am working on this quilt now and have can't believe the errors in the pattern. I have to cut everything larger ( such as 4 7/8 I cut just above 5") and am using a really scant, scant 1/4" seam to boot just to be able to square to 12.5". Most blocks want to finish at 12 1/4" following the directions. One actually finished at the required 12.5 without modification. I have made 5 of the pieced blocks and have had to "remake" 3 of them. Same problem with setting block #2. Most of the remakes were due to stripes. The pattern was wrong on all of them. Even the photos on block 10 (I'm not making them in any order) has three different pictures of the stripes and each is different. I love the quilt but think the patterns should be better designed. I have been quilting for at least 30 years and have never had such problems.

Your quilt is beautiful, great job. I can hardly wait to get mine finished even thought it has been so frustrating!